The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-09-09
CHE 1emOryat- tar
George Peck on Hugging in the
Park.

George Peck on Hugging in the
Park.
The law abiding people OF this
community were startled on Tnes-
day, and the greatest Indignation
prevailed at an editorial article ia
The Sentinel deuouucing the prac-
ticing OF bugging in the public
parks. The article went to b "
that the placing of seats in the
parks leads to hugsing, aud the
editor denounced hugging in the
most insane manner possible.
The Sentinel advises the removal
of the seats from the park because
hugging is done on them. Great
heaYensi has IL come to this Are
the dearest rights OF the American
citizen to be abridged ia this sun
mary manneri Let us call the at
tentlOT Of that powerful paper to IL
clause iu the Declaration OF iide-
peudence, which asserts that ''all
me- are created free and equal,
endowed with certain inall,ehable
rights, among which are life, liberty
aud The pursuit OF happiness. When
the trainers OF that great Declare
ton of independence were nj work
on that clause, they must have had
in view the pastime OF hugging in
the parks.
Hugging is certainly a ''pnrsuit
of happiness" People do not hug
for wages-that is, except on the
stage. Nobody is obliged 10 hug.
1t is a sort of spontaneous cOnbus-
ton, as it were, OF the feelings, aud
has to have proper condition OF the
atmosphere to make it a
Parties who object to hugging are
old, usually, aud have been sLtiat-
ed, and are like a lemon that has
done duty in circus lemonade. II
they had a Job of huggiug, they
would want to hire a man to do it
for them.
A man who objects to a little
natural, soul-inspiring hugging Oh
IL back seat in a park, OF al eve
ming, with a fountain throwing wa
ter all over Tue cast-irOu cupids, has
probably got a s0nl, but he hasn't
got it with him. To the studeut OF
nature, there Is 10 sight more beau
tiful than to see a flock of young
people take seats IN the park, after
the sun has gone to bed in the west,
and the moon has pulled u 1eecy
cloud over her lace for a vel, SO as
not to disturb the worshippers.
A couple, Il male and tie other
a female, will sit far apart on the
east-iroD seat for a moment, when
the young lady will try to Fix her
cloak over her shoulders, and she
can't Tx 1t, aud then the young mau
will helpher, and When he has got
it fixed, be will go of and leave one
arm around the small OF her back.
He will miss his arm, and wonder
where be left it, aud in the dark he
will feel around with the other hand
he left, and suddenly the two hands
will meet, they will express their
astonishment, aud clasp each other,
and he so glad that they will begin
to sqeeze, and the chances are that
they will cut the girl in two but they
never do. Under such circumstan-
ces, a girl can exist OH less atmOs-
phere than she can when doing a
washing.
There is just about so much hug
ging that has to be done, and the
Sentinel should remember that very
many people have not facilities al
their homes for such sOhl-stirring
work, and they are obliged to fee to
the parks, or the the woods, where
the b%eneficent city government has
provided all OF tue modern improve.
meuts.
1t doesn't do any hurt to bug.
People think it is unhealthy, but
nobody was ever known TO catch
cold while hugging. 1t is claimed by
some that young girls who stay ont
nights aud hug, are not good for
anything the next day. There is
something TO this, but ii they didn't
get any huggiug they wouldn't be
worth a cent any time. They would
be all the time looking for il.